Open AccessINTERNATIONAL STANDARDS IMPACT ON THE REGULATION OF NATIONAL TAXI AGGREGATOR MARKETS
Author(s) -
M. G. Girich,
A. Saule
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
meždunarodnaâ torgovlâ i torgovaâ politika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2414-4649
pISSN - 2410-7395
DOI - 10.21686/2410-7395-2020-2-146-161
Subject(s) - news aggregator , sharing economy , business , enforcement , control (management) , quality (philosophy) , service (business) , law enforcement , permission , car sharing , computer security , transport engineering , marketing , computer science , engineering , philosophy , epistemology , artificial intelligence , world wide web , political science , law , operating system
The development of the sharing economy has affected the change in the passenger transportation market, as online platforms for taxi services have appeared. For example, Uber Technologies plays a significant role in the market, which in 2017 won first place in the top 10 startups of the sharing economy. Currently, there are many problems that arise with the regulation of online taxi platforms. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, together with the International Transport Forum, is conducting a study of the law enforcement practices of countries regarding the regulation of online taxi platforms (or taxi aggregators), in particular, the problems of deploying the online platform for the transport of passengers and baggage by passenger taxi as a regular online platform or as a transport provider, and licensing problems for such online platforms, problems of control over obtaining permission directly by the driver, problems of vehicle safety of control over the drivers, ensure quality of service, traffic security problems and etc.